§ 2581. Certain corporate schools entitled to participate in funds of
board of education of city of New York. The corporate schools entitled
to participate in the funds of the board of education of the city of New
York are as follows: The schools established and maintained by the Five
Points House of Industry, the industrial schools established and
maintained under the charge of the Children's Aid Society in the city of
New York, the schools of the American Female Guardian Society, the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum, the Brooklyn Home for Children, the Orphan Home
and the Convent of Mercy, and the Child Care Center (formerly
Tuberculosis Preventorium for children). The New York Institute for the
Blind shall receive a ratable proportion of the fund for every blind
pupil in such institution without regard to age.

Such schools shall be subject to the general supervision of the board
of education of the city of New York, but shall be under the immediate
direction of their respective trustees, managers and directors.